SA WESBANK MODIFIED RACING KILLARNEY FINAL ERA 1994 - RACE 1

Final ever race meeting for the pre-V8 South African Modified Saloon Car Championship @ Killarney , Cape Town 1994. Last SA outing for the ex-IMSA factory Rothmans Audi Quattro's of Terry Moss & Chris Aberdein and the 26B 4-rotor Mazda MX6 of Ben Morgenrood - this is race 1.

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[fueldragster]

what happened to the championship after they went to the V8 rules?

[photovideo270]

@fueldragster - there's a section of the video which explains the change - it starts at 2:40.

[fueldragster]

@photovideo270 Was the change successful?

[photovideo270]

@fueldragster - a tough question! Given that, initially, there was the loss of some spectacular cars like the Audi's and the 4-rotor 26B Mazda, I didn't enjoy it. However, the fact that it 'flattened' the class structure and therefore provided more potential competition at the front and the fact that it is still going strong 16 years later, I think it is fair to say - overwhelmingly - yes!

[Pablo34643]

Ben speaks the truth here......

[Pablo34643]

@fueldragster - it is a dull change

[Titchify]

While it may appear that the formula is a success story, it actually isn't. in the second race of the day, they now REVERSE THE GRID to make it "more exciting" The real reason is that the races would be boring and processional. Also, realistically, you can only compete with 6000cc, pushrod V8 engines, which means that you can't race Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Porsche or anything that doesn't have GM, Ford, Chrysler or Toyota links.

BORING!!!

[RelentlessRacingSA]

This was racing at its best, loved it!!!

[rotarycars]

i HATE the wesbank V8 series i want it to go back to these days...real racing...catch a wake up SA

[photovideo270]

@NorthShoreInnovation - I don't know for sure, but do know that one of the overseas cars was sent to SA before these cars appeared.

So either one of these two is a re-bodied 90 with the other one being a locally built equivalent, or the overseas car was used as a base for the construction of two completely new cars.